The Game of Global Mining

Chapter 611 460: Encountering Pro Players on the Road

As Chun got closer to the Magic Spring, the energy turbulence hit more frequently.

Now Chun kind of understood the suffering of a soul—without a physical body for support, any random energy flow could be daunting. After all, a soul itself is also a mass of energy, right?

At that moment, Chun suddenly noticed several players in the distance!

Chun found it unbelievable; this was an area close to the outskirts of the city's third ring, and there were players here? Based on their names, they seemed to be Chinese players!

"Mina, go check it out."

"Alright, master."

I saw them—5 players, actually pushing 5 wheelchairs, with each carrying a huge wooden shield as big as a doorboard on their backs. Around level 45, all mages, but their wheelchairs were packed with all sorts of oddly unfamiliar hand-cranked devices.

Holy shit! Level 45, and monsters in the third ring are level 60 or even 70! Any random encounter with a small monster would be enough to give them a hard time!

Chun looked at their names: Divine Fall Wind, Blasted Starry Sky, Illusion Eleven, Plane Run, Liu Xiaoyue.

Then he checked the leaderboard and was shocked to find that these five ranked around 1500, which is quite high. Jiang invested so much in sparring partners but only reached rank 1000! Liu Xiaoyue is actually a female player.

Could they be the civilian masters the Great God talked about, the Unique Skills Brother? They've formed a small team, not joining any major guild or professional team, relying on their unique skills!

How did they get here, what's their unique skill? That doorboard on their backs?

Chun approached them again and discovered that the doorboard had many inscriptions on it. Holy shit, runes!!

——System prompt: Your Outstanding Wisdom and Grandmaster-level Rune Technique have detected a new unknown effect—Rune Essence.

Chun was flabbergasted! No way, I have Earth Mother textbooks, and even they don't mention this Rune Essence that these Unique Skills Brothers have... Do they know Rune Technique?

Just then, three wild boars over level 60 appeared!

Perfect timing; Chun was ready to see what they could do.

As the wild boars charged, these five immediately formed a line, combining the five doorboards on their backs into a wooden wall behind them!

The runes on the five doorboards flashed in succession, scaring the wild boars into turning around and running away!

——System prompt: Your Outstanding Wisdom and Grandmaster Rune Technique have successfully observed and learned a new Rune Essence, greatly increasing your Rune Technique proficiency.

Holy shit! Is that how it's played?!

After scaring off the wild boars, the five quickly sped up their wheelchairs and left, allowing Chun to notice that their wheelchairs were also hand-modified. The front wheels, hmm? Look familiar, like the same climbing clasp device on my wheelchair!

Holy shit, they really have unique skills! There's no way they learned Mechanician as a sub-profession, right? They must have had NPCs help them?

Looking at their direction, they're headed towards the Magic Spring, too?

Just as he was thinking, another energy wave blew across the wilderness.

Mina quickly jumped into the air, and Chun was shocked to see the energy wave divert before reaching the five, as if a barrier existed in front of them. Could it still be those five shields?

Chun was relieved; perhaps Mina shouldn't fly and just follow them on foot, conserving physical strength.

Then, Chun felt the need to ask the Earth Mother, so he switched to his secondary account.

——Dios Commerce Association prompt: The Dios Commerce Association has completed a trade mission with Secret Abyss City, raising the association reputation and upgrading it to level 35!

——System prompt: You've used the "Theory Edition Gift of the Void" rune, and you're currently absorbing Void Power! Current absorption progress 45.516%. It is recommended to cease activities during absorption.

Uh... 45% absorbed!

Speaking of which, wasn't it since the day before yesterday, April 18, that the secondary account accompanied the Winged Snake Queen buried underground without moving, and only reached 45%, worried it might take another 3 days to fully absorb?

Well, it's good though; the main account is busy to death, and the secondary account can't keep up even if it wanted to.

Better take out the Eye of Dibilon to consult the Earth Mother. I don't know how far they've flown on their expedition ship, or whether we can still contact them?

The next moment, the Eye of Dibilon connected immediately: "Hello, how's the absorption going?"

Chun was amazed, "Halfway absorbed! Miss, I thought you were far away, but it was so easy to connect?"

The Earth Mother laughed, "Clown Sir talks bold but lacks action; he also needs time to get familiar with the airship's operation. Miss Robot learns even faster and can teach him. We're playing leisurely around this Meteorite Zone, no rush. Anyway, the airship only has three living people, enough food for a year."

Chun felt comforted, "Ah, as long as there's no rush! I have a question, I've discovered a new Rune Essence near Gem City..."

The Earth Mother was astonished, "I haven't seen this rune in years; it's called Tame, used by the Lizardman, very special, involves Dragon Language, and general races can't learn it, so I haven't included it in my textbook."

Clearly it's fear, not tame?

Chun asked incredulously, "I've never heard of Lizardmen near Gem City?"

The Earth Mother laughed, "Since humans arrived in the New Continent, of course the surroundings have been cleaned up. Recently, all four human cities are starting archaeological activities, maybe some warriors discovered remnants of the Lizardman village, so got these runes..."

Ah, so they found the village and took five doorboards down? But finding the village itself is no small feat! Like the Jackal Wolfman Tribe isn't far from Black Iron City either, outside the first ring, not yet second ring... So is it possible they discovered a hidden Lizardman Tribe in a secret cave?

Alright, thinking about how hard it is for China District players to develop, especially with Gem City under constant Magic Mirror surveillance making secrecy hard, Chun decided he would help if he could.

But he's just a soul, not easy to help, now they're actually helping me clear the way!

The Earth Mother added, "This series of runes also has various combinations; you can observe slowly. There might be attack runes."

Ah, if they're really skilled, then it's very likely the Lizardman Tribe taught them, they accepted related quests.

Ending the conversation with the Earth Mother, Chun switched back to the main account.

Then, getting closer, seeing the Magic Spring, just a mountain cliff with a waterfall forming a pool. Holy shit, without soul perspective plus the water ball's aid, who would notice such a secluded little nook?

Mei immediately sensed something wrong, "There's a Water Element there, really strong!"

Uh...

Chun asked, apprehensively, "Would that affect us sneaking past the Magic Spring for a rest?"

Mei said, "Depends on the situation. I suspect the entire pool may be a Water Element, so no way to soak in it! But wait a moment; I'll try a big move."

Just then, Divine Fall Wind spoke, "Try one last time; if it fails... we'll honestly go back to level up and mine..."

Oh, so it's not a coincidence they encountered it; they've tried here several times!